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Born on August 10: Chinese zodiac and element

Every August 10 birthday falls in a Metal solar month of the Four Pillars (BaZi) calendar. Your zodiac animal, year element and Day Master depend on the year, so the table below works out all three for every year from 1950 to 2026.

Solar month element
Metal
August 10, 2000 zodiac
Metal Dragon
August 10, 2000 Day Master
Yang Metal
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August 10 by year

YearZodiacYear elementDay Master
1950TigerMetal (Yang)Yin Fire Ox
1951RabbitMetal (Yin)Yang Water Horse
1952DragonWater (Yang)Yang Earth Rat
1953SnakeWater (Yin)Yin Water Snake
1954HorseWood (Yang)Yang Earth Dog
1955GoatWood (Yin)Yin Water Rabbit
1956MonkeyFire (Yang)Yin Earth Rooster
1957RoosterFire (Yin)Yang Wood Tiger
1958DogEarth (Yang)Yin Earth Goat
1959PigEarth (Yin)Yang Wood Rat
1960RatMetal (Yang)Yang Metal Horse
1961OxMetal (Yin)Yin Wood Pig
1962TigerWater (Yang)Yang Metal Dragon
1963RabbitWater (Yin)Yin Wood Rooster
1964DragonWood (Yang)Yin Metal Rabbit
1965SnakeWood (Yin)Yang Fire Monkey
1966HorseFire (Yang)Yin Metal Ox
1967GoatFire (Yin)Yang Fire Horse
1968MonkeyEarth (Yang)Yang Water Rat
1969RoosterEarth (Yin)Yin Fire Snake
1970DogMetal (Yang)Yang Water Dog
1971PigMetal (Yin)Yin Fire Rabbit
1972RatWater (Yang)Yin Water Rooster
1973OxWater (Yin)Yang Earth Tiger
1974TigerWood (Yang)Yin Water Goat
1975RabbitWood (Yin)Yang Earth Rat
1976DragonFire (Yang)Yang Wood Horse
1977SnakeFire (Yin)Yin Earth Pig
1978HorseEarth (Yang)Yang Wood Dragon
1979GoatEarth (Yin)Yin Earth Rooster
1980MonkeyMetal (Yang)Yin Wood Rabbit
1981RoosterMetal (Yin)Yang Metal Monkey
1982DogWater (Yang)Yin Wood Ox
1983PigWater (Yin)Yang Metal Horse
1984RatWood (Yang)Yang Fire Rat
1985OxWood (Yin)Yin Metal Snake
1986TigerFire (Yang)Yang Fire Dog
1987RabbitFire (Yin)Yin Metal Rabbit
1988DragonEarth (Yang)Yin Fire Rooster
1989SnakeEarth (Yin)Yang Water Tiger
1990HorseMetal (Yang)Yin Fire Goat
1991GoatMetal (Yin)Yang Water Rat
1992MonkeyWater (Yang)Yang Earth Horse
1993RoosterWater (Yin)Yin Water Pig
1994DogWood (Yang)Yang Earth Dragon
1995PigWood (Yin)Yin Water Rooster
1996RatFire (Yang)Yin Earth Rabbit
1997OxFire (Yin)Yang Wood Monkey
1998TigerEarth (Yang)Yin Earth Ox
1999RabbitEarth (Yin)Yang Wood Horse
2000DragonMetal (Yang)Yang Metal Rat
2001SnakeMetal (Yin)Yin Wood Snake
2002HorseWater (Yang)Yang Metal Dog
2003GoatWater (Yin)Yin Wood Rabbit
2004MonkeyWood (Yang)Yin Metal Rooster
2005RoosterWood (Yin)Yang Fire Tiger
2006DogFire (Yang)Yin Metal Goat
2007PigFire (Yin)Yang Fire Rat
2008RatEarth (Yang)Yang Water Horse
2009OxEarth (Yin)Yin Fire Pig
2010TigerMetal (Yang)Yang Water Dragon
2011RabbitMetal (Yin)Yin Fire Rooster
2012DragonWater (Yang)Yin Water Rabbit
2013SnakeWater (Yin)Yang Earth Monkey
2014HorseWood (Yang)Yin Water Ox
2015GoatWood (Yin)Yang Earth Horse
2016MonkeyFire (Yang)Yang Wood Rat
2017RoosterFire (Yin)Yin Earth Snake
2018DogEarth (Yang)Yang Wood Dog
2019PigEarth (Yin)Yin Earth Rabbit
2020RatMetal (Yang)Yin Wood Rooster
2021OxMetal (Yin)Yang Metal Tiger
2022TigerWater (Yang)Yin Wood Goat
2023RabbitWater (Yin)Yang Metal Rat
2024DragonWood (Yang)Yang Fire Horse
2025SnakeWood (Yin)Yin Metal Pig
2026HorseFire (Yang)Yang Fire Dragon

Day Master is the element of the day pillar, the character classical readers treat as “you”. Worked out with the standard 60-day ganzhi cycle; within a day of a solar-term boundary the month pillar can shift.

What a Metal month means

Charts born in a Metal month start with extra Metal in the count. Tradition reads a strong element as a flavour, not a verdict. If your chart turns out light on Metal, its balancing colors are white, silver, gold. Run the calculator to see your own count across all five.